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September 25, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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iii? • iih:?¸ FIVE GENERATIONS are pictured. Karl, the two-and-a-half month old baby, is held by the mother, Mrs. Laurie Bridges. Standing, left to right, are great-great-grandmother Mrs. June Koch of Shelton, Grandmother Mrs. Pat Smith of Morton and great-grandmother Mrs. Gertrude Hunter of Shelton. J" "J I proven unovoI 0 ~/here in the State of suppliers contacted by Grange 1 get canning News. , le letter after the One of the largest suppliers in western Washington, Aetna Bottling Company of Seattle, ran of jar canning out of lids weeks ago and has non-existent, been informed by manufacturers o the numerous - Kerr, Ball, Bernardin - there will be no more this year. "Within the past couple of weeks I've returned dozens of CI b le tiers containing hundreds of U dollars," said Joe Combs, owner of Aetna. "And people, customers from past years, have formed lines in front of my door." Club wil Mr. Combs said he had Elks Lodge a; hundreds of cases of jars -- with to make i lids, which is the situation at most the Hoquian supermarkets and other regular , outlets ......... "We also have a good stock of '' the white lids," said Mr. Combs. to meet "But they are commercial lids and can be used only for cold packs and hot water bath canning, not with for pressure canning." ved afer Mr. Combs explained the t shortage of lids was due more to • the recent spiral of home canning '1"l due to the recession than to any /rl omas nationwide "plan" to force-feed PI dg jars on consumers. e e "Prior to 1974," Mr. Combs Thomas of explained, "we had a 10-year history of everybody living out of a plelge tin cans. The result was that lid [appa fau manufacturers got rid of their gton Sate machines. Well, the recession hit, as did a metal shortage, and manufacturers just couldn't tool ,. up fast enough to supply the demand." to be acid And there is plenty of il the hoarding going on, according to will Mr. Combs. coninue "I heard of one lady the other day - and I believe it - that had Je six cases or 4,320 lids in her basement," he said. "That's more lids than she could use in five years." There appears little hope the situation will get better soon. One manufacturing firm, the Bernardin Bottle Cap Company of Evansville, Indiana, said it is increasing production by 200% this yem, bul fire demand for replacement lids is about 1,000%, according to a company spokesman. Virginia Knauer's Office of Consumer Affairs in Washington, D.C., estimates that there will be a surplus of about lO0 million jar and lid units this year. "People want lids, not jars," said a spokesman. "They have basements full of jars." ~. Se,eral styles ter 8 suede. 426-9206 en s Some vegetables, according to authorities, are best preserved by freezing; for others, canning may be recommended, but with the current shortage of jar lids many persons have turned to dehydration methods. "Many people," states Bob Jayettes to meet in Swartos home Shelton Jayettes will welcome all women in the community who are 18 years of age or older, who are seeking ways to serve and better the city, who are interested in meeting others with similar' interests. The group will meet at 8 p.m. tonight in the home of Pat Swartos. Topics to be discussed will include projects for coming months and state fall board meetings to be held on October 4 and S. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the homes of membei's. For more in- formation call Pam Hibbert at 426-4542. Club meets The first meeting of the year for Pizzicato Music Club was held September 16 in the home of Karen Kramer. Goal for the year is increased membership. National Federation of Junior Music Club's Junior Collect was sung and was followed by the junior pledge. Hymn of the month, "America, the Beautiful," was lead by Michelle Williams. Organization of committees was followed by a program. The theme for September was Negro spirituals. Michelle Williams gave a talk on the history of Negro spirituals and spoke of how they came into being. Belinda Nielsen, self-accompanied on piano, sang "Were You There?." Michelle Williams sang and played the guitar to "l Want to be Ready." The theme for next month's meeting is "Marches." By Music Club Reporter Karen Kramer ays crops Bearden, Skokomish Valley gardener whose 13 entries in the recent Mason County Fair won a dozen blue ribbons and a red, "overlook the simplest and most satisfactory procedure of all when they harvest their root crops - e they ought to be left in the ground." Both Bearden and the Mason County Cooperative Extension Service agree that carrots, beets, parsnips, rutabagas, turnips and Jerusalem artichokes should be \ BOB BEARDEN, a blue-ribbon gardener of the Skokomish Valley, recommends that root crops be left in the ground. DPW to meet Daughters of Pioneers will meet at noon next Thursday at Taylor Towne. Rummage sale set A rummage sale is scheduled for Saturday in Pickering clubhouse between the hours of 9 a.m. and S p.m. Save on the Fall Gardening Super Buys! Hurry! Sale items limited to stock on hand. Prices effective one week only. Price depends on variety. You'll find values to $1.98! from ................ Ready... Set... Plant... Juniper compare size, 10" to 12"minimum, locally grown. Reg. price $1.98. S ...... . . . Blue Pfitzer Juniper One gallon can, 8" to 10" minimum, reg. $1.98. All Heathers Minimum 6" to 8", reg. 1.49. Indoor Baskets Many, many varieties. Reg• $6.95 to $8.95. Rhododendrons One gallon co.tainer, 6" to 8" minimum, reg. $1•98. qWO GAL. lO"to 12" min. Reg. $5.95 NOW $3.9.5. Small House Plants r in groun left in the garden. "They benefit," says Bearden, "from the cool temperature, and they won't dry out." There are, however, possible dangers and difficulties involved• Worms may infest the product, but they can be controlled by soil applications of certain chemicals in drench form. Carrots may tend to sprout roots, and most beets grow too. large and become woody in texture. "Nantes carrots are the best," Bearden advises, "and the long, cylindrical type of beet will stay in the ground all winter and remain always sweet and tender." Bob Bearden cuts the tops of his Jerusalem artichokes to a height of one foot, leaving the tubers in the ground. He leaves his cabbage in the garden with a piece of plastic protecting the heads from water. "Those whose gardens are wet," he says, "might do better to dig the vegetables and place them on top of the ground in a dryer area, mounding them over with sawdust and covering the heap with plastic." Bob Bearden is employed as custodian in the Shelton Post Office. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Men's an Boys' Cutting in Your Room We use and recommend EDKEN acid-balanced organic protein products. Air Conditioned • Color TV • Senior Citizen Discounts Phone 426-6659 1428 OLYMPIC HWY. SO. 1,500 to choose from! Values to 69£ 274" pot, reg. 50t ca. quality at this low price! More of these TV experts own RCA... More TV program directors, TV station chief engineers, senior TV cameramen and independent TV service technicians own RCA than any other brand of color TV! Only q Has RCA,s AccuLine black matrix picture tube~ Auto- matic Fine Tuning plus the reliability of a 100% solid• state chassis. Attractive plastic cabinet. A great buy! If it isn't RCA, it isn't XL-100. BUY NOW! WHILE THEY LAST! [ You can buy in confidence at George Valley Appliance- "t / and Furniture, and rely on our own superior service ! department. Thursday, September 25, 1975 - Shetton-Mason County Journal - Page : •